Blind to Office Politics
Being risk-averse and technically inept should not have meant curtains for my banking career, however. Fear stalked the corridors of the entire bank – as did technical ineptitude, come to that. The ultimate reason for failing as an investment banker was that all those technically-inept and risk-averse bankers prospered by being hotshots at office politics. They had strong judgement regarding where the bank was heading and could make self-enhancing decisions on that basis.
But I was awful at office politics. And I had terrible judgement – based on trying to hide my fears and insecurities rather than focusing on the interests of the bank (or myself) – which led me to trust the wrong people and back the wrong deals. My behaviour ...
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